“Does my horse have a sense of fairness?” Recently, one of my Interactive Academy members asked me this question—a question that no one has ever asked me during my forty years of teaching people to ride horses. I’ve been working with this rider for a while now. She’s working through my 12-month curriculum with her horse to help improve her own horsemanship, as well as advance … [Read more...]

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Question: Dear Julie,
I just purchased my first horse, Toby, three weeks ago as an adult beginner. He is an 8 year old paint gelding and I moved him to my local riding school. I decided to purchase him (from a well respected natural horse-woman and he wasn't cheap) after riding him a couple times because of his … [Read more...]

Question: I am an intermediate rider and have had my very first horse for the last year now. She is 18 years young and a great trail horse. I don't know much about her past, but from her highly adverse reaction to seeing a whip when I first got her and her constant need to anticipate what more I am going to ask, I can only imagine what it was like. I have a trainer … [Read more...]

This week’s episode of Horse Master is about training a horse to jump. Not that you could possibly explain how to train a horse for such a complicated activity in a half-hour TV show, but, as usual, I kept it simple. Just two things to know: low and slow. Ashley and her OTTB (off-the-track-Thoroughbred) were both ready for this—Ashley has ridden Hunters before and is a pretty … [Read more...]

Hello again, After two days and two nights at the five-star (AAA and Mobile) guest ranch, HYPERLINK "http://www.CLazyU.com" www.CLazyU.com, we were getting accustomed to the fine dining, the luxurious accommodations and resort atmosphere. After a full eight hours in the saddle, concentrating hard on cramming as much information as we could into our brains from … [Read more...]